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as in lurches
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas
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as in fidgets
to make jerky or restless movements
tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat
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as in throws
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
toss that football over here
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as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use
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Recent Examples of tosses
The remainder of the first half, Weaver (a UTEP pledge) connected on TD tosses of 30 yards to Gabriel Bess, 17 yards to Lucas Sunwall and a two-yarder to Blake Wendler.
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Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
Up next is Carol, 63, who tosses him a baseball.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Aside from the namesake bourbon, this recipe tosses the chicken in ketchup, brown sugar, honey, soy sauce, and apple cider vinegar.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Judge tosses two murder charges related to acts of terrorism against Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last year.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Burroughs tosses almonds into her smoothies to add nuttiness and a creamy texture.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
The dog descends a few stairs and continues barking loudly as the perpetrator tosses the dynamite into the courtyard.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
That appeared to be a distraction at times to Anisimova, who motioned to her team in the stands that something was bothering her during ball tosses for serves.
—Howard Fendrich, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Henry then surrenders his phone, and Tony tosses it into the air for Ziva to blast to pieces.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
Up next is Carol, 63, who tosses him a baseball.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Aside from the namesake bourbon, this recipe tosses the chicken in ketchup, brown sugar, honey, soy sauce, and apple cider vinegar.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Judge tosses two murder charges related to acts of terrorism against Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last year.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Burroughs tosses almonds into her smoothies to add nuttiness and a creamy texture.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
The dog descends a few stairs and continues barking loudly as the perpetrator tosses the dynamite into the courtyard.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
That appeared to be a distraction at times to Anisimova, who motioned to her team in the stands that something was bothering her during ball tosses for serves.
—Howard Fendrich, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Henry then surrenders his phone, and Tony tosses it into the air for Ziva to blast to pieces.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tosses
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Despite that notable change, watching One Battle After Another is much like the experience of reading Pynchon, who lurches from high comedy to stomach-turning naturalism and punctuates plot-heavy sequences with little grace notes of character portraiture.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
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That film begins with charismatic bank robber Ryan Gosling in a thrilling motorcycle escape from the cops, and moves through several twists and turns, lurches forward in time, and holds Gosling at its heart as a man doing bad things for good reasons.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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The man fidgets, shifts around in his seat and fixates on Zarutska before pulling out a small knife and striking her multiple times around her neck.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Sep. 2025
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Explosive plays don’t need to come only with downfield throws.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Txomin throws himself into militancy, committed to the collective cause.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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Marysol and Alexia take Julia, Lisa, and an unusually dour Adriana, who is moping about her birthday and how society discards women of a certain age.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Shredding high-voltage storage systems discards valuable resources.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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Hayley then flashes a strip of sonogram photos at the camera as the couple smiles and sways in the sunlight.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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As such, wardrobe styling and other modes of non-verbal communication — from raising an eyebrow or throwing a cutting look to the way one lights a cigarette or sways to a disco beat — were particularly key to creating character.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
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When Brian and Murtagh report that Dougal offended the Grants and Colum had to promise Ellen’s hand to appease the situation, Lord Lovat squirms.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Trump has repeatedly targeted Schiff and routinely hurls insults at the lawmaker, who was a central figure in his first impeachment.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
16 Sep. 2025
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Cars pull into the courtyard; someone unloads a television from the back of one of them.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Tosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tosses. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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